Beethovenfest Fellow Ketan Bhatti composes a spoken opera for the actors of the Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg and the Beethoven Orchester Bonn – a unique cooperation between three of the city’s cultural institutions.
Wed. 10.9.
19:30, Schauspielspielhaus Bad Godesberg
Ketan Bhatti & Simon Solberg: The Odyssey
- Dance, Performance & Music Theatre
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Bookable from 10.05
- € 48,40 / 40,70 / 35,20 / 24,20 / 15,40 (tickets via Theater Bonn)
Contributors
- Ensemble Schauspiel Bonn
- Beethoven Orchester Bonn
- Simon Solberg stage director
- Dirk Kaftan musical director
- Ketan Bhatti composition
Programme
Premiere
»The Odyssey«, spoken opera after Homer (world premiere, commissioned by Beethovenfest Bonn)
18:30 Pre-concert talk (in German)
The concert at a glance
Description
Homer’s epic about the wanderings of a group of companions is one of the oldest and most influential poems in world literature. Director Simon Solberg and composer Ketan Bhatti want to open up diverse perspectives on the mythical odyssey – with the exciting musical-theatrical form of the spoken opera.
A cooperation between the Theater Bonn and Beethovenfest Bonn, with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn in the Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg
Ketan Bhatti is a Fellow in the Fellowship Programme of Beethovenfest Bonn, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North RhineWestphalia and the city of Bonn
An event as part of the Summer of Change Cultural Festival, an initiative of the Federal City of Bonn in cooperation with Bundeskunsthalle and about 30 other cultural partners. More information on bonn.de/summer-of-change
